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Dordogne Day Tour : Prehistory and The Art of the Caves from Sarlat
Explore Dordogne’s prehistoric art: visit the National Prehistory Museum, Lascaux IV cave, and Rouffignac cave with expert guides.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Grotte de Rouffignac - Discover Rouffignac Cave that possesses original and authentic etchings and drawings
- Musee National de Prehistoire - In 2018, the museum was listed on Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Places To Visit.
- Lascaux IV - Experience Lascaux IV, a complete new replica retracing the discovery of the famous decorated cave.
What's Included
- Entrance fees to Prehistory Museum, Lascaux IV and Rouffignac Cave
- Professional guide
- English speaking qualified driver guide
- Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Pick up and drop off at the hotel
Additional Information
Join a small group tour to explore the most important sites associated with Palaeolithic art in the Dordogne. The tour includes a visit to the National Prehistory Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of Palaeolithic artifacts. Next, experience Lascaux IV cave, an exact replica of the original Lascaux, where you can marvel at the ancient paintings. Finally, visit Rouffignac cave, known as the cave of 100 mammoths, to see original engravings and drawings, with mammoths being the most depicted animal among all the Palaeolithic caves open to the public.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Children under 4 years old are not allowed on the tour
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- It is cold in the caves (13°C / 56°F), warm clothing is strongly recommended
- Electric train visit in Rouffignac, comments made in French during time of travel. Guide will introduce cave beforehand and will make commentaries at the bottom of the cave in English
- Please note that the infant seats are available upon request, please inform us at the moment of the booking (number and age of the children)
- Pets are not allowed on the tour
- English tours of the Caves of Lascaux IV are very limited in number, most of the visits are in French. Your guide will explain the cave before and after the tour as simultaneous translation in the cave is strictly forbidden
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Amanda_b
Jul 23, 2024
Incredible tour of pre-historic caves - Our tour guide, Benoit was very knowledgeable, professional and friendly. We learned so much about the ancient people of the region.
Seeing the caves in person was so inspiring and memorable. We highly recommend this excursion!
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Megansi6485ej
Jul 19, 2024
Solo Trip to the Dordogne - I took 3 different tours with both Anne and Martin as my guides. They were both incredible- so lovely, kind, and informative! I learned so much and had a wonderful time. Do not hesitate to book! Also good to note that I did not have a car so going on tours was very helpful.
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Richardjtaylor
Jul 6, 2024
Go to the caves! - Anne, our tour guide was excellent, knowledgeable, friendly, attentive, accommodating and entertaining. The tour itself was amazing and a highlight of our trip. It is a tour not to be missed.
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Allenw226
Jun 23, 2024
Wonderful Cave Tour - Toured the caves with Gabby Wise ([email protected]). Gabby arranged everything, including airport pickup and drop off. The caves were incredible, and Gabby obtained English-speaking tours, and went along with us. The lunches (restaurants picked by Gabby) were terrific, and the downtown hotel in Sarlat was impeccable! Gabby originally was from Australia, and she has been guiding in the area for 15 years. Her English was great - and she is fluent in French and German.
We would rate this private tour 5 stars plus!
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Phizz_17
Sep 24, 2023
Enjoyable and informative introduction to the abundant pre-history in the area near Sarlat-La-Canéda. - It was a most enjoyable day with a friendly and informative guide that took in the museum, Rouffignac Cave and Lascaux IV.
The guide on the tour and the guide in the cave were knowledgable about their subject and provided lots of background about the people and their way of living as well as their art.
I learnt a lot especially the surprising origin of the description Cro Magnon.
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Michael
Sep 22, 2023
A fascinating day of prehistory - This was a real highlight of our trip to Perigord. The day is spent along the Vezere river valley. Anne was very informative and very helpful, going out of her way to ensure our trip was as rich as possible.
Visiting the Grotte de Rouffignac on the small electric train was a privilege. We really got a feel for the real experience of these deep elongated cave systems. The tour guide there kindly gave her informative description in both French and English and was able to answer our questions in a very informative way. It is quite cold there so you need a warm top.
Lascaux IV is a very realistic reconstruction of Lascaux allowing lots of visitors to experience the wonderful cave art without damaging the nearby real Lascaux cave. There is a lot to see and the tour guide was good at navigating us through all the key points. The audio quality with the headsets was very clear. The atelier exhibition at the end is worth seeing.
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Sng56
Sep 15, 2023
Great way to see the caves without a car - Terrific day out with Ann. It was fascinating to see two different caves as they are so different. Ann shared lots of wonderful information about the area and even had warm clothes for us to wear in the first cave. It was freezing so come prepared. All in all a nice experience
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Jenni_k
Sep 9, 2023
Formidable - I very much like the train ride into the Roffignac grotto going deeper & deeper into the grotte
Lascaux was very impressive & because our tour guide French speaking Anne, was knowledgeable & very approachable l enjoyed all the information, she imparted expressed in impeccable English very
helpful as an introduction before we entered the grotte
The whole day was very enjoyable & just a small group made it very pleasant
I loved the short visit to the small & very beautiful, calm& peaceful Saint Leon more than anything -streets were free from tourist trappings & tourists in general
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Michael
Aug 3, 2023
Great sites and our guide Anne was delightful - The commentary Anne provided to the historic sites gave deeper insight to the fantastic tripartite tour.
It was a quick overview of each place and makes one want to spend more time there again, but enough to check off your list.
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79gillesg
Jul 9, 2024
Bof... - Rather disappointed, fairly short visit of replica of the real cave of Lascaux.
It's like visiting a building with copies of the Sistine Chapel ceiling...
I absolutely didn't hang on, but that's just my opinion
To visit if you are around and have 2 hours to spare...
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